High Freq. noise gate gear?

[Timsplace]

I work on a television show set with a TON of lighting up in a grid. Up until recenty we've used the Symetrix 511a noise gates to eliminate the HF noise from all the lights. These units are now failing and are no longer in production (or even repairable). Anyone have a viable substitution for them? Basically we need something like a Waves C/G-1 in a hardware box. AES I/O would be great. De-essing simultaneously would be perfect.

Thanks in advance

Tim

[djui5]

Drawmer make some great gates that would suite you well...

[Berolzheimer]

Why not leave it for post? It's much easier to tweak things like that when you don't have to do it in real time. Better than having a take go by & then realizing the gate was clamping down too hard and your dialog sounds bad, with no going back.

[Timsplace]

Originally posted by Berolzheimer
Why not leave it for post? It's much easier to tweak things like that when you don't have to do it in real time. Better than having a take go by & then realizing the gate was clamping down too hard and your dialog sounds bad, with no going back.

In a perfect world that would be the best solution. BUT we actually tape like a live show and only fix mistakes (and actually go on the air live a bunch too). We're talking as many as 25 omni lav mics in the studio at once. Submixed down to 8 groups with noise reduction and De-essing on the groups.

I often end up with bytes from the show while posting the commercials and the Waves C/G-1 "HF noise reduction" preset does pretty well (quick and painless too)

I found a Drawmer box (thanks djui5) that might fit the bill. It's the DF330 Universal noise filter. We're getting a demo to try it out. It doesn't have digital I/O though.

Tim

[Berolzheimer]

If you like C1, What about running a digi-002 on a powerbook to process the signals through? It would give you the option of having other plugs in line also.